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46. Was that to pass through Lords Derby and Sefton's land?
Yes; they both consented. They threw us back the first year, and we lost such a line as we could never get again; since which they consented to another line going through their property.
47. Do you know Bold Hall?
Very well.
48. Is it a fine house?
Yes, it is.
49. Is that near to the Liverpool and Manchester?
Yes; he complained very much that we made a complete bend, to avoid his property.
50. Did he afterwards wish you to cut off the bend, and go nearer by a straight line?
We arranged with him, and he said he had no objection to the alteration of the line.
51. You agreed to go nearer his premises?
Much nearer to his house.
Mr. Henry Booth, Treasurer of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway.—p. 3.
1. Are you acquainted with the Manchester and Liverpool Railway?
I am treasurer.
9. What is the total number of passengers carried within the last twenty-one months?
780,000.
11. What is the average per day?
About 1200.
12. What is the distance of the Railroad from Liverpool to Manchester?
The Railway is thirty miles long, as near as may be.
13. What is the time the first class of the carriages perform that distance?
An hour and a half.
